Hi ,

> - A Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) with a ring from Washington was seen
> today (8th) at  Blankenberge.

Did he have the characteristics of the north american race ? He wasn't in
summer plumage ?

Recent news from France are 2 new sociable plovers : 1 in Camargue (still
there on 5th) and 1 near Cognac , Western France (still there yesterday) .
A Iceland gull has been found well inland , 30 km west of Paris , at
Jablines , on 4th , and still there on 6 (but moving) .
The Kumlien's gull is still at Kermadec , baie d'Audierne (Bretagne) , with
the 5 surf scoters still in Douarnenez bay on 4th , (and a glaucous gull on
the beach)
A ring necked duck is still at Etang du Moulin Neuf (Bretagne)
A Black Brant was found in NE Cotentin this Week end (NO France)
2 long tailed duck and 1 hooded crow in Camargue this Week end
1 Black Stork migrating at Pressy , Cote d'or , center france , on 4
1 white tailed eagle still in Brenne on 4 (center france)

Greets,
Maxime

Hi everyone,

Here's the Belgian Birdreport :

- a Leach's Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) was seen flying past
   Lier, Antwerpen (about 100km inland !)on 7th.
- the male Ferrigunous Duck (Aythya nyroca) was still present at Mechelen,
Antwerpen   on 7th.
- A Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) with a ring from Washington was seen
today (8th) at  Blankenberge.
- The Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) was still present at Zeebrugge, West
Vlaanderen.

Greetings,

Ken Lossy
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Hi all,

Today 8th, at 11.00, another Snowy Owl was reported, this time at the
Oostvaardersplassen (Flevoland). It was still there at 15.00 hrs. As you
might know, the previous one, two weeks ago, turned out to be an escape.

Day before yesterday, 6th, a Pygmy Cormorant was claimed near Houten
(Utrecht): this bird could not be found yesterday.

Yesterday the Nieuwegein (Utrecht) Hume's Leaf Warbler was still present.

Remco Hofland
DBA Birdline 0900-2032128
Hotline 010-4281212

Denmark-News:

DK 06.03.00: a male American Wigeon is reported south of Nordby Marina on the
island of Fanoe (westcoast).

Happy birding
Holger

Hi twitchers,

The following rarities were seen in Belgium this weekend :

- Surf Scoter - both the male and female were still present at
   Oostduinkerke, West-Vlaanderen.
- Bonaparte's Gull - the first winter was still present at
   Zeebrugge, West-Vlaanderen on 4th.
- A first winter Glaucous Gull was found at the same spot on 4th.
- An adult Lesser White-fronted Goose was found today (5th)
   at Uitkerkse Polders, West-Vlaanderen.
- The female Long-tailed duck was still showing at Roksem, West-
   Vlaanderen, together with 10 Scaup.
- A male Ferruginous Duck was still present at Mechelsbroek reserve,
   Antwerpen.
- 19 Common Cranes were seen on migration at the same spot on 4th.

New spring arrivals :
Barn Swallow (2nd), Ringed Plover (4th).

That's the best we could do this weekend.

Greetings

Ken Lossy
Mechelen
Belgium.
______________________________________________________

Hi all,

The best sightings this past weekend in The Netherlands were:

* two Hume's Leaf Warblers: the one at Terschelling (Friesland) still
present on 3rd, and a new one found on 5th, at Nieuwegein (Utrecht).
* two Ross's Geese both available: one at Strijen (Zuid-Holland) and one at
Tibma (Friesland).
* the Franklin's Gull of Kampen (Overijssel) was last reported on Thursday
2nd.
* a Great Northern Loon was sighted at Almere (Flevoland) on 5th.
* five Glaucous Gulls were seen: an adult summer at Den Helder,
first-winters at IJmuiden (two) and Petten (all Noord-Holland) and a
first-winter still at Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland).
* the Glossy Ibis still at Petten (Noord-Holland).

* an incredible early record of Common Cuckoo was the one, seen flying NE
near Uithoorn (Noord-Holland) on 2nd of March.
* not so incredibly early was the first reported Sand Martin, one at
Kraaijenbergse Plassen, Linden (Noord-Brabant) on 4th.


Remco Hofland
Dutch Birding Birdline 0900-2032128
Hotline 010-4281212
Leiden
The Netherlands

Hi all,
Good news for all french twitchers and the others, the MADORF sent its firts
message this morning : the surf Scoters at Oostduinkerke (B) wich is not really
french bird but they were the first rarities I seen today, the other was a
lesser white-fronted Goose near Blankenberge (B)
The MADORF is GSM system, a little different from belgian et british pagers :
when I see a bird, I call an operator and I tell him to send a message (name of
the bird, place...) to different phone numbers (people who are registred to
this system). After that all members will receve the message on their GSM
Only phone numbers from Itineris telecom can recevied messages.
Cheers,
  --
Christophe PRANGERE
FOREST sur MARQUE(59)
FRANCE

Snow goose still at Montrose this morning.

The Towans, Tayock, Montrose, Angus,
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Latest Birdnews from FOCALPOINT at 17:02 on 4th Mar

4th Mar ANGUS : ICELAND GULL : Montrose Basin :

4th Mar ANGUS : SNOW GOOSE : Montrose Basin :

4th Mar AVON : GREAT GREY SHRIKE : Avonmouth :

4th Mar AYRSHIRE : GREEN WINGED TEAL : Irvine :

4th Mar BERKSHIRE : SMEW : Twyford G Pit`s :

4th Mar BERKSHIRE : GREAT GREY SHRIKE : Wishmoor Bottom :

4th Mar BUCKINGHAMSHIRE : GLAUCOUS GULL : Hedgerley Tip :

4th Mar CLWYD : SNOW BUNTING : Llandullus :

4th Mar CLWYD : SURF SCOTER : Llandullus :

4th Mar CO.CLARE : BONAPARTE'S GULL : Lahinch Beach :

4th Mar CO.DONEGAL : GLAUCOUS GULL : Killeybegs :

4th Mar CO.DONEGAL : ICELAND GULL : Killeybegs :

4th Mar CO.GALWAY : ICELAND GULL : Nimmo`s Pier :

4th Mar CO.GALWAY : RING-BILLED GULL : Nimmo`s Pier :

4th Mar CO.GALWAY : ROSS'S GULL : Nimmo`s Pier : Early am

4th Mar CORNWALL : RING-BILLED GULL : Copperhouse Creek :

4th Mar CORNWALL : LESSER SCAUP : Drift Res : 1st Winter

4th Mar CORNWALL : LITTLE GULL : Drift Res :

4th Mar CORNWALL : AMERICAN WIGEON : Hayle : Off Old Quay House

4th Mar CORNWALL : YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER : Helston : Sewage Works

4th Mar CORNWALL : KING EIDER : Marazion : Mount's Bay

4th Mar CORNWALL : GLAUCOUS GULL : Newlyn :

4th Mar CORNWALL : RING-BILLED GULL : Par Beach Pool :

4th Mar CORNWALL : RING-BILLED GULL : St. Austell :

4th Mar DEVON : ICELAND GULL : Bideford :

4th Mar DEVON : WOOD DUCK : Bideford :

4th Mar DEVON : RING-NECKED DUCK : Burrator Res :

4th Mar DEVON : SORA RAIL : Newton Abbot : Showing well

4th Mar DORSET : GREEN WINGED TEAL : Pool Hbr :

4th Mar EAST YORKSHIRE : SLAVONIAN GREBE : Beacon Ponds Kilnsea Nr Spurn :

4th Mar EAST YORKSHIRE : KUMLIENS GULL : Spurn : Possible

4th Mar EAST YORKSHIRE : RED TAILED HAWK ? : Spurn :

4th Mar ESSEX : RED-HEADED SMEW : Abberton Res :

4th Mar ESSEX : RING-BILLED GULL : Colchester : Uni-of-Essex

4th Mar ESSEX : SLAVONIAN GREBE : Hanningfield Res :

4th Mar ESSEX : FORSTER'S TERN : Tollesbury : Shingle Head

4th Mar GLAMORGAN : ICELAND GULL : Blackpill :

4th Mar GWYNEDD : GREEN WINGED TEAL : Aber Ogwen N R  :

4th Mar GWYNEDD : GREAT GREY SHRIKE : Clocaenog Forest :

4th Mar HAMPSHIRE : GREAT GREY SHRIKE : Ocknell Pond :

4th Mar HAMPSHIRE : SPOONBILL : Titchfield Haven N Res :

4th Mar HEREFORD & WORCESTERSHIRE : SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF : Lower Moor sewage
works :

4th Mar ISLES OF SCILLY : BLACK-NECKED GREBE : Tresco :

4th Mar KENT : BLUE-WINGED TEAL : Grove Ferry : Confirmed

4th Mar KENT : RED-NECKED GREBE : Stonar Lake :

4th Mar LANCASHIRE : CATTLE EGRET : Martin Mere W.W.T :

4th Mar LANCASHIRE : LONG-TAILED DUCK : Morecambe Stone Jetty :

4th Mar LANCASHIRE : SMEW : Pine Lake :

4th Mar LEICESTERSHIRE : SMEW : Rutland Water :

4th Mar LINCOLNSHIRE : GLAUCOUS GULL : Gibraltar Point :

4th Mar LONDON : RED-HEADED SMEW : Walthamstow Res :

4th Mar LONDON : RED-NECKED GREBE : Walthamstow Res :

4th Mar NORFOLK : MEADOW BUNTING  : Hunstanton :

4th Mar NORFOLK : BLACK BRANT : Titchwell :

4th Mar NORFOLK : RED-BREASTED GOOSE : Wells :

4th Mar NORTHAMPTONSHIRE : GOOSANDER : Stanwick G Pit's :

4th Mar NORTHAMPTONSHIRE : GREEN SANDPIPER : Stanwick G Pit's :

4th Mar NORTHAMPTONSHIRE : RED-HEADED SMEW : Stanwick G Pit's :

4th Mar NORTHUMBERLAND : SHORE LARK : Ross Back Sands :

4th Mar SOMERSET : RUDDY SHELDUCK : Clevedon :

4th Mar SOUTH YORKSHIRE : WAXWING : Sheffield : Tinsley

4th Mar SUFFOLK : CASPIAN GULL : Blyth Estuary :

4th Mar SUFFOLK : AMERICAN WIGEON : Minsmere R.S.P.B :

4th Mar SURREY : BLACK-NECKED GREBE : Staines Res :

4th Mar TYNE & WEAR : WAXWING : Jarrow :

4th Mar WEST YORKSHIRE : SMEW : Fairburn Ings :

4th Mar WILTSHIRE : ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD : Haxton Down :

4th Mar WILTSHIRE : SHORT-EARED OWL : Haxton Down :


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Germany-News

DE 02.03.00: Yellow-billed Diver still at Iznang, Lake Constanze, southern
Germany.

DE 27.02.00: There is a delayed report of 2 Whistling Swans (Cygnus c.
columbianus) among 800 Bewick's Swans from north of Dömitz,
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, eastern Germany.


Good birding
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Latest Birdnews from FOCALPOINT at 19:32 on 3rd Mar

3rd Mar ABERDEENSHIRE : GLAUCOUS GULL : Peterhead :

3rd Mar ABERDEENSHIRE : KING EIDER : River Ythan :

3rd Mar ANGUS : ICELAND GULL : Montrose Basin :

3rd Mar ANGUS : SNOW GOOSE : Montrose Basin :

3rd Mar ARGYLL & BUTE : KUMLIENS GULL : Oban Bay : Possible

3rd Mar AYRSHIRE : GREEN WINGED TEAL : Irvine :

3rd Mar AYRSHIRE : GLAUCOUS GULL : Salcoats :

3rd Mar BERKSHIRE : SMEW : Wraysbury Gravel Pits :

3rd Mar BUCKINGHAMSHIRE : GLAUCOUS GULL : Hedgerley Tip :

3rd Mar CLWYD : GREEN WINGED TEAL : Llandullus :

3rd Mar CLWYD : SURF SCOTER : Llandullus :

3rd Mar CO.GALWAY : ROSS'S GULL : Nimmo`s Pier : Early am

3rd Mar CORNWALL : LESSER SCAUP : Drift Res : 1st Winter

3rd Mar CORNWALL : GYRFALCON : Helston : Goonyhilly Downs

3rd Mar CORNWALL : KING EIDER : Marazion : Mount's Bay

3rd Mar DEVON : SORA RAIL : Newton Abbot : Showing well

3rd Mar EAST YORKSHIRE : LAPLAND BUNTING : Aldbrough : 8+

3rd Mar ESSEX : RING-BILLED GULL : Colchester : Uni-of-Essex

3rd Mar ESSEX : FORSTER'S TERN : Tollesbury : Shingle Head

3rd Mar GLAMORGAN : BLACK-NECKED GREBE : Kenfig Pool :

3rd Mar GWYNEDD : GREEN WINGED TEAL : Aber Ogwen N R  :

3rd Mar HAMPSHIRE : SPOONBILL : Titchfield Haven N Res :

3rd Mar HEREFORD & WORCESTERSHIRE : SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF : Lower Moor sewage
works :

3rd Mar KENT : BLUE-WINGED TEAL : Grove Ferry : Possible

3rd Mar LANCASHIRE : CATTLE EGRET : Martin Mere W.W.T :

3rd Mar LEICESTERSHIRE : SMEW : Rutland Water :

3rd Mar MERSEYSIDE : ICELAND GULL : New Ferry Tip :

3rd Mar NORFOLK : POMARINE SKUA : Great Yarmouth :

3rd Mar NORFOLK : MEADOW BUNTING : Hunstanton :

3rd Mar NORFOLK : BLACK BRANT : Titchwell :

3rd Mar NORTHUMBERLAND : RED-HEADED SMEW : Druridge Bay C Park :

3rd Mar NORTHUMBERLAND : RED-HEADED SMEW : Ladyburn Lake :

3rd Mar ORKNEY : ICELAND GULL : Kirkwall :

3rd Mar OXFORDSHIRE : GREAT NORTHERN DIVER : Farmoor Res :

3rd Mar RENFREWSHIRE : GLAUCOUS GULL : Glasgow :

3rd Mar SOMERSET : BLACK-NECKED GREBE : Cheddar Res :

3rd Mar SOMERSET : LONG-TAILED DUCK : Cheddar Res :

3rd Mar SOUTH CLYDE : SMEW : Balgray Res :

3rd Mar STAFFORDSHIRE : SMEW : Bassett Pit :

3rd Mar SUFFOLK : POMARINE SKUA : Minsmere :

3rd Mar SUFFOLK : AMERICAN WIGEON : Minsmere R.S.P.B :

3rd Mar SUSSEX : SURF SCOTER : Selsey :

3rd Mar WEST YORKSHIRE : RING-NECKED DUCK : Fairburn Ings :

3rd Mar WEST YORKSHIRE : WAXWING : Leeds :

3rd Mar WESTERN ISLES : GLAUCOUS GULL : Castle Bay :

3rd Mar WESTERN ISLES : LITTLE AUK : Loch Boisdale :

2nd Mar CO.DOWN : AMERICAN WIGEON : Hillsborough Lake :


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Latest Birdnews from FOCALPOINT at 20:17 on 2nd Mar

2nd Mar ABERDEENSHIRE : KING EIDER : River Ythan :

2nd Mar ANGUS : ICELAND GULL : Montrose Basin :

2nd Mar AYRSHIRE : GREEN WINGED TEAL : Irvine :

2nd Mar BUCKINGHAMSHIRE : GLAUCOUS GULL : Hedgerley Tip :

2nd Mar CHESHIRE : MAURITANIAN SPOONBILL : Inner Marsh Farm :

2nd Mar CO.DOWN : AMERICAN WIGEON : Hillsborough Lake :

2nd Mar CO.GALWAY : ROSS'S GULL : Nimmo`s Pier : Early am

2nd Mar CORNWALL : RING-BILLED GULL : Copperhouse Creek :

2nd Mar CORNWALL : LESSER SCAUP : Drift Res : 1st Winter

2nd Mar CORNWALL : KING EIDER : Marazion : Mount's Bay

2nd Mar CORNWALL : GLAUCOUS GULL : Newlyn :

2nd Mar DEVON : ICELAND GULL : Bideford :

2nd Mar DEVON : SORA RAIL : Newton Abbot : Showing well

2nd Mar DORSET : FRANKLIN'S GULL : Weymouth :

2nd Mar EAST YORKSHIRE : LAPLAND BUNTING : Aldbrough : 8+

2nd Mar ESSEX : RING-BILLED GULL : Colchester : Uni-of-Essex

2nd Mar ESSEX : FORSTER'S TERN : Tollesbury : Shingle Head

2nd Mar HAMPSHIRE : SPOONBILL : Titchfield Haven N Res :

2nd Mar HIGHLAND : WAXWING : Nairn :

2nd Mar HIGHLAND : GLAUCOUS GULL : Ullapool Harbour :

2nd Mar HIGHLAND : ICELAND GULL : Ullapool Harbour :

2nd Mar ISLES OF SCILLY : HOOPOE : St. Agnes :

2nd Mar NORFOLK : SHORE LARK : Holkam Bay :

2nd Mar NORFOLK : MEADOW BUNTING : Hunstanton :

2nd Mar NORFOLK : BLACK BRANT : Titchwell :

2nd Mar NORFOLK : RED-BREASTED GOOSE : Wells :

2nd Mar NORTHUMBERLAND : RED-HEADED SMEW : Druridge Bay C Park :

2nd Mar OXFORDSHIRE : GREAT NORTHERN DIVER : Farmoor Res :

2nd Mar PERTHSHIRE : SNOW BUNTING : Braemer :

2nd Mar SHETLAND : KUMLIENS GULL : Shetland Catch :

2nd Mar SOMERSET : SMEW : Blagdon Lake :

2nd Mar SOMERSET : BLACK-NECKED GREBE : Cheddar Res :

2nd Mar SOUTH YORKSHIRE : WAXWING : Sheffield : Tinsley

2nd Mar SUFFOLK : POMARINE SKUA : Landguard N R :

2nd Mar SURREY : BLACK-NECKED GREBE : Staines Res :

2nd Mar TYNE & WEAR : GLAUCOUS GULL : North Shields :

2nd Mar TYNE & WEAR : ICELAND GULL : South Shields Leas :

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A Whistling Swan (Cygnus columbianus columbianus) was reported this morning
close to lake Tysslingen, not far from the city of Örebro in Sweden. Örebro
can be found between Stockholm and Oslo (Norway). The latest report on our
pager system was 14:51 in the afternoon.

Whistling Swan is not considered a full species in Sweden.

/Pierre Unge

Hi,

Here's some Belgian News :

* An adult male and a female SURF SCOTER (1st two for Belgium if  accepted)
were found saturday 26th among a few 1,000 Common and Velvet Scoters on the
sea at Oostduinkerke,West-Vlaanderen. They were still present today (29th).

* The first-winter Bonaparte's Gull was last seen on Sunday 27th, but is
probably still present at Zeebrugge, West-Vlaanderen.


That's it.

Greetings

Ken Lossy, Mechelen, Belgium.

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Hi Birders,

Germany-News:

DE 29.02.00 13:30: There is a report of a Hybrid Azure x Blue Tit in the
town-area of Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (eastern Germany). Later the
bird was not found again, but no further details known yet.


Good birding
Holger

Benoit Paepegaey wrote:
>>sorry for my last email that was obviously not
supposed to be sent to the list. I'm used to other
lists with the command reply to the sender only and I
have been surprised, when right after sending my
answer I saw it had been sent to the list...but it was
too late to cancel.<<

Dear Benoit,

I have fixed it. In future any replies should go automatic to the sender and not
to the entire list.

Have fun
Holger

This message was also sent to the EBN-list: I can double-post it every time,
but I think all members of European Twitching News, are also members of EBN?

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Remco Hofland <remcohofland@...>
Aan: EBN <ebn@...>
Datum: dinsdag 29 februari 2000 0:57
Onderwerp: EBN: Dutch news


>Hi all,
>
>Dutch news this past weekend included:
>
>* the first-winter Franklin's Gull still present just W/SW of Kampen
>(Overijssel), on 28th.
>* two adult Ross's Geese were seen: one still at Strijen (Zuid-Holland) and
>one at Ezumazijl (Friesland) - in the vicinity there also 4 Red-breasted
>Geese.
>* an adult Ring-billed Gull was reported (twice briefly) near Stevensweert
>(Limburg) on 27th.
>* Reportedly, a male Parrot Crossbill was seen near Zeist (Utrecht) on
>25-26th.
>* the Hume's Leaf Warbler still wintering at 'Jollema', Oosterend,
>Terschelling (Friesland), on 28th.
>* first-winter Glaucous Gulls were seen: apparently two at IJmuiden (N-H)
>and one at Rotterdam (Z-H).
>
>We are now eagerly awaiting the Surf Scoters, seen in Belgium this past
>weekend - the Franklin's Gull took three weeks to be discovered in The
>Netherlands, how about these Scoters in two.......?
>(The last twitchable Surf Scoter in The Netherlands was an adult male at
>Eemshaven (Groningen) on 20 November - 3 December 1982; the last report
>being in 1988!)
>
>Remco Hofland
>Leiden
>The Netherlands
>remcohofland@...
>

Hello everyone,

sorry for my last email that was obviously not
supposed to be sent to the list. I'm used to other
lists with the command reply to the sender only and I
have been surprised, when right after sending my
answer I saw it had been sent to the list...but it was
too late to cancel.

Well, being at the moment in the USA, I apologize for
not being able to give any twitch in Europe. However,
this week in Pennsylvania, an European Wigeon (male)
was found in Lancaster county. That is really amazing
to realize that for a bird I don't consider to be
"exceptional", american birders would drive hundreds
of miles!

Again, sorry for the previous email,

Benoit Paepegaey



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Salut Maxime,

alors comme ca tu te mets a l'anglais! En tout cas,
j'ai bien peur que si tu ne l'avais pas fait, personne
ne l'aurai fait...
Ca commence a me gonfler ces macreuses dans le
finistere, j'ai meme pas la coche...j'en suis a 102
ici, mais j'ai bon espoir que ca s'ameliore d'ici peu,
les migrateurs reviennent. Deja un balbu le 25/02! Je
sais pas ce qu'il foutait ici. Ce qui est con, c'est
que ce n'est pas moi qui l'ait vu, c'etait ailleurs en
Pennsylvanie. Sinon, un siffleur europeen (male bien
sur) aurait ete trouve aussi dans le coin, mais j'ai
ecrit au mec pour avoir des renseignements et proposer
mon experience du piaf, mais il ne m'a pas repondu.

Sinon, quoi de neuf? Pas de voyage prevu dans
l'immediat? Mon prochain est prevu en avril, direction
Wallops Island en Virginie...ca devrait etre terrible
pour les limis...en plus on y va pour un cours
d'ecologie donc du terrain, on va en faire. Sinon,
j'espere faire Cape May (New-Jersey) en mai juste
avant de repartir avec des potes ornithos, je touche
du bois.

Au fait, la birdrace, ca te tente? Pour l'instant
(mais je ne suis pas surpris), je n'ai eu qu'une
reponse...negative de la part de Frederic Mahler qui
sera Cannes ce week-end la. J'espere un peu mieux
quand meme!

A+
Ben

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Hi !

hier are the last reports I've heard on the French birdline :

Surf scooter : 5 together (with 11-13 long tailed duck and 1 glaucous gull)
in Bay of Douarnenez , Finisterre (Western france) (4 were present since
early Jannuar)
Ring necked duck : 1 at étang du moulin Neuf , finisterre , from end 99
Possible Kumlien's Gull at Kermadec , Baie d'Audierne , Finisterre (from
January , but identified as an Iceland )
American Wigeon : 1 at Reservoir du drennec , Sizun , Finisterre , from
January (there was a female too in late January)
Sociable Plover : 1 migrating with lapwings in Haute Vienne , center France
(at Boisreuil ?)
White tailed eagle : 2 in Brenne , from early January (étang des Vigneaux)
(Center france)
Spotted eagle : 1 adult in Camargue (there have been 7 spotted eagle in
camargue this winter + 3 else in south West France)
Lesser Scaup : 1 male in Dombes (center-West France) the 24-25 , but not
refind the 26 ...

Cheers
Maxime Zucca

Germany-News:

DE 28.02.00: Yellow-billed Diver, 100 meters offshore at Gundholzen, Lake
Constanze (Bodensee).
DE 27.02.00: Red-breasted Goose, 1 near Oldersum (between Leer and Emden),
Niedersachsen.
DE 26.02.00: Lesser White-fronted Goose, 2 in northern Rheiderland (NE of Leer),
Niedersachsen.
DE 26.02.00: Lesser White-fronted Goose, 1 at Westermarsch, Leybucht,
Niedersachsen.

Denmark-News:

DK 28.02.00 14:00: Snowy Owl at Skallingen (south of Blåvand), southern Denmark.


Hi Birders,

we had a good start of this list. One day after the official start we count
already 56 members from various countries. So please feel free to contribute the
rarities of your country to the list.

Happy birding
Holger

Hello Birders,
2 Surf Scoters Melanitta perspicillata (male and female) were discovered
yesterday February 26 at Oostduinkerke. (at least the male was also seen on
the 27th).
On the road from Oostduinkerke to Koksijde turn right just before the 'Boot
Hotel'. Park at the end of this road and go to the top of the dunes on your
left. The bird(s) can been seen from here.
Greetings
Marnix

NB 1th winter Bonaparte's Gull still at Heist

Hello Pierre, me too I am on this list !

Menotti Passarella

P.S. Something strange happens here ! Some early
migrant yet arrived in NE Italy: Swallow, Little
Bittern, Little Stern, Nightjar. Very early springtime
(it will be a hot summer ?)

Ciao

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DE 26.02.00: The Yellow-billed Diver is around at the Bodensee (Lake Constance)
since 20.02. between Iznang and Horn. A Great Northern Diver is also present in
the same area.

DE 26.02.00: 2 Red-breasted Geese and 1 Lesser White-fronted Goose near Rathenow
(Gülper See area) in eastern Germany.

DK 27.02.00 09:30: 2 Parrot Crossbills in Denmark

DK 27.02.00 13:30: Red-breasted Geese (2 ad.) still near Høyer in southern
Denmark


Happy birding
Holger

Still present in Gothenburg today 27/2 2000.

Hi birders,

NL 27.02.00 12:30 the Franklin's Gull in Holland has just been reported again.

Directions:
From Kampen (near Zwolle) take road 307 westward towards Dronten. After you
leave Kampen for less than 1 km (maybe only a few hundred meters) you will see
wet meadows or fields on both sides of the road. Here you have to check the
Black-headed Gulls carefully for the Franklin's Gull.

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Good luck
Holger

Hi birders,

the Franklin's Gull in Holland is since 7 days twitchable at the same location.

Directions:
From Kampen (near Zwolle) take road 307 westward towards Dronten. After you
leave Kampen for less than 1 km (maybe only a few hundred meters) you will see
wet meadows or fields on both sides of the road. Here you have to check the
Black-headed Gulls carefully for the Franklin's Gull.

Good luck
Holger

Hi birders,

daily reports of Pygmy Owls in Denmark are continuing.

26.02.00 Red-breasted Goose at Høyer/Southern Denmark.

Regards
Holger

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